end of week 2...

well, it was 31 degrees yesterday...in theatre, that was. outside there was rain. torrential rain. inside though, it was well hot. yesterday i spent the day in theatre. had the scrubs, the attractive little hair net thing and mask on. to top that look off, i was as red as a tomato (someone actually commented on that) and sweating like... something that sweats a heck of a lot. but it was all good fun- saw 4 ops, mostly skin grafts and changes of dressings on burns patients (cos its soo sore to change the dressings that they need anaesthetic for it).

for the first one i was just standing around looking like a lemon and gettin in the way- as you'd expect with a student. but for the others, a man they all call "prof" was doing the ops and his first words were "i hate it when students stand around doing nothing. this irish girl is here for an experience, give her one.let her do something". so lots of things like removing clips from people, taking off dressings with a blade( i actually ripped my gloves with it, oops) and making some splints. all in a day's work, eh?



today was a half day and we felt like we didnt really do a lot- but its because there is a sever shortage of patients to be had. the physios are fighting over patients, so we're not even gettin a look in! o also, there are conjoined twins on one of the wards. i haent seen them and probably wont be allowed to cos as you can imagine there has been a lot of ppl poking around them and its all very distressing apparently. they are joined at the trunk, have 3 legs and 4 feet. (no, not a typo, one of the legs has 2 feet on it)



so this weekend we are taking a trip. i dont know where yet, but we are going to stay with a girl called lara and her family. she goes to uni of western cape and has been on placement while we have been here. so we're going to do southa frican family things. and she also mentioned a braai is the weathers good. for goodnes sake , if you ever meet a south african, don't ever call a braai a bbq- its terribly offensive...



enjoy yer weekend!



ma- don't worry, i dont want to be a surgeon, too much learning involved. maybe a theatre nurse, though?? only joking... nee naw